Awards & Winners

Marc Aronson

Marc Aronson is an American author, editor, publisher, speaker, and historian. He has written history and biography nonfiction books for children and young adults, as well as nonfiction books for adults about teenage readers. Aronson is the son of the scenic designer Boris Aronson, the grandson of rabbi Solomon Aronson, and of the musical conductor Heinrich Jalowetz. Aronson writes a column for School Library Journal called "Consider the Source". In 2001 Aronson won the first Robert F. Sibert Medal for nonfiction for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado. Aronson has a Ph.D. in American History from New York University. In 1997, he married author Marina Budhos. They have two sons and live in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Awards by Marc Aronson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Marc Aronson.

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

2001


Sibert Medal
Honored for : Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Sibert Medal Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado
author and illustrator